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Title: Curiosities of Literature, Vol. II (of 3)
Edited, With Memoir And Notes, By His Son, The Earl Of Beaconsfield
Author: Isaac Disraeli
Release Date: July 24, 2005 [EBook #16350]
Language: English
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CURIOSITIES OF LITERATURE.
BY
ISAAC DISRAELI.
A New Edition
EDITED, WITH MEMOIR AND NOTES,
BY HIS SON,
THE EARL OF BEACONSFIELD.
IN THREE VOLUMES.
VOL. II.
LONDON: FREDERICK WARNE AND CO. AND NEW YORK
CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.
CHARLES THE FIRST. 1
DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM. 5
THE DEATH OF CHARLES IX. 7
ROYAL PROMOTIONS. 10
NOBILITY 11
MODES OF SALUTATION, AND AMICABLE CEREMONIES, OBSERVED IN
VARIOUS NATIONS. 12
FIRE, AND THE ORIGIN OF FIREWORKS. 15
THE BIBLE PROHIBITED AND IMPROVED. 19
ORIGIN OF THE MATERIALS OF WRITING. 23
ANECDOTES OF EUROPEAN MANNERS. 30
THE EARLY DRAMA. 40
THE MARRIAGE OF THE ARTS. 43
A CONTRIVANCE IN DRAMATIC DIALOGUE. 47
THE COMEDY OF A MADMAN. 48
SOLITUDE 50
LITERARY FRIENDSHIPS. 55
ANECDOTES OF ABSTRACTION OF MIND. 59
RICHARDSON. 62
INFLUENCE OF A NAME. 65
THE JEWS OF YORK. 75
THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE SEAS. 79
ON THE CUSTOM OF KISSING HANDS. 81
POPES. 83
LITERARY COMPOSITION. 85
POETICAL IMITATIONS AND SIMILARITIES. 92
EXPLANATION OF THE FAC-SIMILE. 110
LITERARY FASHIONS. 113
THE PANTOMIMICAL CHARACTERS. 116
EXTEMPORAL COMEDIES. 130
MASSINGER, MILTON, AND THE ITALIAN THEATRE. 137
SONGS OF TRADES, OR SONGS FOR THE PEOPLE. 142
INTRODUCERS OF EXOTIC FLOWERS, FRUITS, ETC. 151
USURERS OF THE SEV
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